#ali

Very good wine was bought at ten pounds per pipe, the contract price; but the superior quality was fifteen pounds; and some of this was not much inferior to the best London Madeira. ↗

— William Bligh

#bought #contract #fifteen #good #inferior

Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth. ↗

— Olympia Dukakis

#age #because #being #difficult #dramas

My reaction to a lot of the current situation that we're in is based in part on a serious concern that the present administration's course ignores reality. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#based #concern #course #current #current situation

I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position. ↗

— Marcel Duchamp

#art #beauty #cannot #chess #commercialized

Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film. ↗

— David Duchovny

#games #more #nature #options #plot

Most journalists expect me to answer all their questions about aliens and spaceships. ↗

— David Duchovny

#answer #expect #journalists #me #most

Capitalism works. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#works

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#bright #city #city people #common #common sense

I was traveling in Europe with Paul and suddenly realized my passport still said I was Mrs. Sampson. ↗

— Shelley Duvall

#i #mrs #passport #paul #realized

You think he's going to like you better, but then one day you look in the mirror and realize you've changed yourself - physically and emotionally - into a woman who's totally different from the one he was attracted to the first place. ↗

— Shelley Duvall

#better #changed #day #different #emotionally